The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-10
CLlGA BELLIES BUDGET.
WHAT A WOMAN HAS TO SAY
OF WOMAN'5 FOIBLES.
Arsenical Lozenges All Humbug-
Photography at COney-Two
New York Bellies.
ESPECIAL TO TIE ArrEAL,I

ESPECIAL TO TIE APPEAL,
New YORK, July 9.-The greatest
alarm spread over the inhabitants Of
great fat house up town. Little
johnny Jumpup had found box of
his mothers arsenical lozepges that
she took carefully three a day for
her complexion, and he had eaten all
at one sitting. Servants few for
doctors, and doctors flew for the fat.
Every known remedy for arsenic
poisoning was administered. One
physician ratified off in his coupe to
the maker Of the identifying pills.
In Tasty account he related the case;
and begged to know what proportion
Of arsenic infested q box Of his
waters.
BE under no alarm, said the doc
tor, take the stomach pump ont Of
little JOHNNY. There isn't a particle
Of arsenic in barrel of 'em. They
contain something that promotes
digestion and stirs the torpid liver.
Johnny's liver may be abncrmally
active for few days, and he can eat
paper OF tacks with as much conf
dence as if he were an ostrich, but
no further effects will be felt from
my matchless WATERS"
" There is no arsenic in arsenical
lozepges, then"
Not a grain; but women do han
ker to take something with arsenic
in. The name is great success,
and my pills are saving lots of ladies
from the damaging effects Of arenic-
al solution and other preparations Of
that fatal drug"
The report Of the doctor at the
Aldobella Flats relieved our fond
mothers heart, but ever so many
ladies are disguised that they have
been taking rhubarb and looking
daily in their anxious faces for the
work OF arsenic.
Notwithstanding the absence Of
our very fashionable girls at this
season, we have two new bellies in
town. They are young aud curious.
Among the children who have
been brought to the attention Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
are two Chinese girls. 1t was claim
cd that they had been kidnapped in
San Francisco two years ago, and
we're held here for the purpose of
selling them as wives to resident ce-
lestials. The charge was not proven,
and for the present, at least, the case
has been abandoned. The girls are
q novelty here. As in other places,
the Chinese do not permit their wives
or daughters TO be seen on the street.
There are several Chinese women in
this city, and when II happened that
they have been brought into court,
or into the presence OF people with a
missionary spirit, they have said that
they had not been out OF the house
before for months. sometimes for
more than year, and in one well
authenticated case II was little
over two years since female resident
Of Mott street had set her foot out
side her tenement. 1t was not quite
so bad in the cases OF the girls, but
for weeks at time il has been the
habit oil their guardians 10 keep them
shut up at home. The "home" is near
De head OF Mott street in four story
building devoted partly to trade and
manufacture. Cigars are made on
the first floor aud there is store
there also. Upstairs is another com.
mercial establishment, and in the
top stories are tenements. The
rooms are, Of course, small and i'll
fitted for habitation. In that respect
the heather girls are as well Oh as
thousands Of their Christian fellow
beings Of the East Side. One OF
them is dressed in the American
fashion, and but for the odd waddle
that passes for her gait would not be
taken for 4 Chinese at a distance.
The other wears a native costume.
Ii consists first in blouse that hangs
from the neck 10 the knees, not belt
ed or caught in any way at the waist.
Loose trousers are over the legs and
bound al the bottom closely around
the ankles. The shoes are thick
soled, wooden affairs, familiar as the
foot coverings Of common laundry
men, but they are excessively small
and bear witness 10 the cramping Of
the feet customary with the Chinese.
Both blouse and trousers are Of a
pale blue color, unadorned with fg-
ures. Ii is the ordinary cos
tune OF the Chinese OF the
poorer class. The shiny black hair
OF the Girl dressed like an American
was brushed straight back from the
brow and wound into a great knot al
the back OF the head. The other
dressed her hair 10 the native style
Over each ear was q fat, thin circu
lar disk OF hair that looked as IL il
might have been made OF artificial
hair aud stuck to the head. AL
Chinese women learn early how to Dc
this. A gummy pomade is essentia
10 the task, but il takes cepsiderabl,
skill to weave and wind this hail
into its thin and circulary position
So little hair Is used in these disk
that enough is left for 4 large col
which is fastened at the top anC
back Of the head. Neither Of thes,
girls, one ten and the other twely,
years old, could speak word o
English.
How curious IL is that ladies Of tn,
most iastidious character will sit il
a crowded auditorium aud laugh a
profanity aud double meanings on th,
stage that would be shocking 10 thei
drawingrooms. Now, there IL Marie
who will not let her husbands bes
friend visit her because he occasion
ally swoars an easy word, but sh
will scream will laughter when actoi
Stoddard bulges his eyes, makes
mouth like newly caught Goldfish
and rips out snorting oath. Sh
will rock with merriment when oil,
John Gilbert, stuck up on his silt
OF legs, gets red in the face aud make
the upper air about him blue wit
profanity. You almost expect she vii
20 home aud swear cheerlully hersel
what sentences they will accept fror
the same source. / remember nc
long ago a play ct " allack's had som